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Trusten Polk served as Governor of Missouri from January 5, 1857, until February 27 when he resigned to become a U.S. Senator. Polk was expelled from the U.S. Senate January 10, 1862, for his support of the South in the American Civil War. He was appointed as a colonel in the Confederate States Army, and later served as a judge in the military courts of the Department of Mississippi in 1864 and 1865. After the war, he spent time in Mexico, returning to Missouri to practice law. He died in St. Louis April 16, 1876 and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.